2022 Legislative Agenda
Delegate Alfonso Lopez2022 Legislative Agenda |
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Housing Bills |
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Strengthens tenant’s protections against retaliatory evictions |
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Clarifies the duty of landlords to maintain fit, habitable standards in rental units |
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Closing the Background Check Loophole in Firearm Sales |
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Incorporates basic housing livability standards into the Statewide Building Code |
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Prohibits housing discrimination based on immigration status |
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Directs the state to study options for increasing funding for low-income housing |
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Education Bills |
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Reforms to protect student athletes from hate speech and racial slurs at school events |
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Doubles the tax credit teachers receive to cover the cost of school supplies paid for out of their own pockets |
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Economic & Social Justice Bills |
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Eliminates Virginia’s tax on diapers |
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Expands access for occupational and professional licenses to noncitizens |
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Transition assistance for displaced building maintenance workers |
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Ensures Latino representation on Virginia’s Cannabis Boards |
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Bans child labor on Virginia tobacco farms |
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Ends the ban on public benefits for undocumented Virginians |
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Eliminates derogatory language for noncitizens from the State Code |
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Virginia Anti-Predatory Towing Act |
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Criminal Justice Reform |
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Mandates that public defenders receive the same pay as state prosecutors |
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Ends automatic deportations for noncitizens in Virginia with misdemeanor convictions |
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Mandates immediate questioning for police officers involved in shootings or abuse |
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Expands the rights of the accused to access evidence presented against them in court |
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Bans the inhumane use of canines against people incarcerated in Virginia prisons |
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Good Government Reforms |
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Pilot program to explore expanding voting access to overseas Virginia voters |
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Virginia Local Journalism Sustainability Act |
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Environmental Protections |
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Creates an inventory of aboveground tanks that house hazardous substances |
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Establishes the Virginia Green Infrastructure Bank to finance projects that address climate change and carbon pollution |
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Allows localities to set energy efficiency standards greater than state requirements |
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Creates a program that would transfer the cost of recycling packaging materials from consumers to the companies that make them |
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Doubles the Virginia Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit |
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Proposes the addition of environmental justice policies into the Virginia State Constitution |
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